María Guðmundsdóttir (filmmaker)

María Guðmundsdóttir (born 12 February 1942) is an Icelandic filmmaker, photographer and actor. She is a former supermodel and Miss Iceland 1961.

María was born in Reykjavík and grew up in Djúpuvík.[1] She was crowned Miss Iceland in 1961.[2] By 1967 she was modeling for Eileen Ford in New York.[3]

Since 1980, she has acted in, produced, and directed a number of films, most recently Ferðin heim - smásögur úr Árneshreppi á Ströndum, a 2015 documentary she produced and directed about the people of Árneshreppur, the municipality where she grew up.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fegurðarsamkeppnin" [Beauty Contest]. Vikan (in Icelandic). Reykjavík. 4 May 1961. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ungfrú Ísland 1961" [Miss Iceland 1961]. Vísir (in Icelandic). Reykjavík. 12 June 1961. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "María & Thelma" [Maria & Thelma] (pdf). Hrund (in Icelandic). Reykjavík. 1 November 1967. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "María Guðmundsdóttir Curriculum Vitae". Kvikmyndamiðstöð Íslands. eplica.is. Retrieved 30 November 2017.



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